Glove-fastening



(No Model.)

J. B. CHASE.

GLOVE FASTENING.

Patented Jan. 15, 1884.

a'rnr JOSIAH B. CHASE, OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

GLOVE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,877, dated January 15, 1884,

Application filed April 16, 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osran B. Cnnsn, of Newton, county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Glove-Fastenings, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

The object of my invention is the production of asimple, durable, and efficient glovefastener, one which may be easily manipulated and readily applied to a glove; and my invention consists in a glovefastening composed, essentially, of a ball and a neck to support it secured to the glove at one side of its opening, anda loop secured to the other side, and adapted to be sprung over the ball to fasten the glove, the said loop at its free end being turned up or provided with a knob to operate it.

Figure 1 represents a glove provided with a fastening embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 shows an enlarged top view of the ball part of the fastening applied to part of a glove; Fig. 3, a like view of the loop part of the fastening, and Fig. 4 a sectional detail, but on an enlarged scale, in the line 00 at, Fig. 1.

The neck I; of the ball a, both made preferably from sheet metal struck up to shape in a die, is attached to the glove g, as herein shown, by a tubular rivet or eyelet, c, and between the said neck b and the glove is interposed a foot-plate, d, the front end of which terminates substantially in the plane of the front of the ball, while the rear end of the plate is entered and held in place by the said rivet c, as shown best in Fig. 4. This footplate constitutes a support to retain the ball and its neck in proper place under strain thereon exerted by the hook.

The loop 0, herein shown, is made of wire, but it might be made of elastic sheet metal, and has at its rear end an eye, preferably bound with sheet metal, as at h, to make it uniform in appearance with the end of the neck I) of the ball a. This eye is entered by the stud or rivet 0 which serves to connect the loop (N0 model.)

with the glove 9, as shown best in Fig. 4. The loop 6 at its outer end is bent or turned up, and as shown in the drawings is provided with a knob, k. When it is desired to fasten the glove, the loop c is brought in position above the ball, and is pressed down over the latter into the position Fig. 4, where it will be seen that the loop during its passage over the said ball expands laterally or springs over the said ball. To disengage the fastening, press the finger against the under side of the knob and lift the loop clear of the ball. The width of the loop is preferably a little less than the diameter of the ball. Vithout the foot-plate the tubular rivet or stud is apt to tip over under strain of the loop and feel uncomfortable on the wrist. If desired, the ball a, may be formed from sheet metal struck into shape as usual, and the metal employed from which to make the ball and its shank may be struck up or back from the foot-plate d, in which event the foot-plate would present a forked appearance at that part of it which rests directly 011 the glove or other material, g.

The metal parts of the fastening are secured to the glove parts 9 by means of the tubular rivets c 6-, each colored at one end,and having a flange to rest against the under side of the glove material, and the upper ends of the rivet extended through the holes made in the fastening devices are then struck by a punch to head the tubular closed ends of the rivet above the upper side of the metal parts of the fastening, as shown.

I claim- The herein-described glove-fastening composed of the ball a, and neck I), to support it, and the loop 6, adapted to be sprung over the ball to fasten the glove, the said loop at its free end being turned up or provided with a knob, substantially as shown.

In testimonywhereofl have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. I JOSIAH B. CHASE. Witnesses:

G. W. GREGORY, B. J. NoYEs. 

